Freddy Vega
CEO and Founder at Platzi: Latin America\'s School of Technology
- Role
- Endeavor Entrepreneur at Endeavor
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Freddy Vega
CEO of Platzi: Largest tech school in Latin America. Every startup in the region has a Platzi student. Every country has founders that studied at Platzi. We\'re the growth engine of the hispanic tech world. Just search \"platzi\" on LinkedIn or Twitter 1st company targeting hispanics to be funded by Y Combinator (YC W15). Before: Founder of Cristalab. It used to be the Stack Overflow of Latam. MIT 35 under 35 2020.
Experience
Endeavor Entrepreneur
May 2017 — Present
64th International Selection Panel, Madrid 2016. Endeavor is a non-profit organization that pioneered the concept of High-Impact Entrepreneurship in emerging and growth markets. Its mission is to “lead the global movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best High-Impact Entrepreneurs around the world.”Endeavor\'s support is designed to drive the larger economy, creating role models, and fostering the conditions for the next Silicon Valley. Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, stated in his book The World is Flat that \"Endeavor was formed for the purpose of promoting entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Its basic model is to link up small and midsize businesses with seasoned entrepreneurs so that little guys and gals can get the advice and contacts they need to grow their companies into bigger businesses that can employ more people, the best antipoverty program of all.\"
Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Endeavor Innovation & Growth
2018 — 2018
Universidad Piloto de Colombia
Systems Engineering
2003 — 2005
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Engineer
Y Combinator
YC W15
2015 — 2015
Harvard Business School
Executive Education
2017 — 2017
INSEAD
Leaders at Scale
2019 — 2019
Skills
- Latin American Business
- User Experience
- Online Marketing
- Information Architecture
- Web Design
- Web Development
- SEO
- E-Learning Implementation
- Bootstrapping
- Mentoring
- E-Learning
- User Interface
- Front-End
- Start-Ups
- Web Applications
- Educational Technology
- Mobile Applications
- Leadership
- Saas
- Business Development
- Latin America
- Project Management
- Usability
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